cooking, preparation of ingredients....

[citrus1]

Hi, at secondary school, do they prepare all of the ingredients at school, i.e. do you send in (for instance) a whole onion and they chop it, things in tins and they open them there, do you weigh things out before (i.e.. flour?) - thanks.

When my DD did cooking if it stated 100g of flour or the like she weighed it out. With ingredients like onions, peices of fruit etc DD took those in whole.

When my DS did cookery, he took in a whole onion, but was told that he should have chopped it beforehand and all the other stuff, too as they only had a 1-hour lesson. I had been hoping that he would actually chop it, but even then, he got a girl to do it for him. I was quite indignant about him even asking. He said the girl offered (which I believe).

Many thanks, magenta/judy. Turned out that he did have to cut it all up etc in class which is what I expected but I can see the point in doing/weighing out SOME things at home if lesson times are short! Thanks again for replies.